Pipe-wrench.



No. 70|,4a9. Patented June 3, I902.

w. LOVE.

PIPE WRENCH.

(Application filed 0gb. 14, 1901.

(No Model.)

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 701,489, dated June 3,1902.

Application filed October 14, 1901. Serial No. 78,574. (No'modeL) To allwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, l/VILLIAM LOVE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bryn Mawr, county of Montgomery, and State of Pennsylvania,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Pipe-VVrencl1es,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in pipewvrenches,and has for its object to provide a pipe-wrench which is adapted tograsp a polished pipe, tube, or rod and grip the same for the purpose ofturning such object or holding the same against turning and at the sametime preventing it from being marred or disfigured in any manner nomatter how highly polished the object may be.

With these ends in view this invention consists in the details ofconstruction and combination of elements hereinafterset forth and 7 thenspecifically designated by the claim.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this inventionappertains may understand how to make and use the same, the constructionand operation will now be described in detail, referring to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichFigure 1 represents a perspective view of the wrench anda portion of thetube being gripped by the same; Fig.2, a'longitudinal sectional view ofFig. 1.

In the drawings, A represents the handle of the wrench, which has formedupon one end the enlargement 13. Through this enlarged portion is formeda slot or opening 0.

D is a flexible strip of webbing or other material, which is secured tothe handle Aby means of the bolt E, and this strip D then passes upwardthrough the opening 0, and after being passed around the object to begripped is again passed backward through the opening, and then afterbeing arranged at the proper length by pressing downward upon the handleA the nose F, formed upon the forward end of the wrench, will be forcedupward against the lower strand'of the strip .D and cause the strip togrip the pipe or other object tightly. Then by continuing the pressuredownward the pipe or rod may be turned, or by holding the wrenchstationary it may be held against turning, as the case may be. For thepurpose of facilitating the gripping powerof the-band or strip D thesame may be sprinkled with powdered rosin from time to time. s

The advantage of my inventionis that a highly-polishedtube or rod may be"gripped with my pipe-wrench and said rod or tube either turned or heldagainst turning without marring the surface of the same; and a furtherobject of my wrench is that a tube of very thin material, although itmay be gripped by the wrench sufliciently tight to turn the same, thesaidt-ube will not be crushed as with an ordinarypipe-wrench; andafurther object of my invention is that it consists of few parts, and istherefore comparatively cheap to manufacture and very durable andefficient in operation, and as the flexible strip becomes worn the samemay be replaced quickly and easily.

Of course I do not wish to be limited to the exact construction hereshown, as slight modifications could be made without departing from thespirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my in vention, what I claim as new andusefulis- A pipe-wrench comprising a handle portion the forward end ofsaid handle portion being curved upward to formzthe contact point ornoseF, an opening formed through the handle portion at the forward partthereof, a strip of flexible material secured to the under side of thehandle portion at a point in the rear of the opening, a bolt passingupward through the flexible strip and through the handle portion andhaving a nut threaded upon its upper end forthe purpose of securing thestrip to the handle, said strip passing from its point of securementupward through the openingaround the object to be gripped and back againthrough the opening, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimonyv whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM LOVE. Witnesses:

L. W. MORRISON, H. B. HALLOCK.

